Source: Channel Life Microsoft has announced that they will be investing US$5 billion into IoT over the next four years.The computer giant has never been shy about using their considerable resources to further research into groundbreaking technologies – at this moment, they are inching closer to releasing the first ever quantum computer. Now, they are …
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How do we ready students for STEM jobs we don’t yet know? Engineers are innovators. They love to tinker, design, build and make things. They are inspired and they learn by doing. Our future innovators, today’s students, are no different. They will be solving some of the world’s biggest challenges, designing technologies that will change …
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This question was posed by a visiting Internet of Things (IoT) expert recently. The New Zealand IoT Alliance hosted international IoT expert, IDC’s Vernon Turner to hear his advice on how to successfully connect New Zealand. “IoT isn’t a technology revolution, it’s a business revolution, enabled by technology,” he says. Vernon discussed IoT Readiness in …
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Tech advances in artificial intelligence (AI) and the Internet of Things (IoT) might help New Zealand move toward a solution for helping feed the world which will require food production to double to meet a growing population demands, says a Kiwi tech expert. New Zealand IoT Alliance executive director Kriv Naicker says the new government …
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A new research study has identified agri-business as one of the best opportunities to use the internet of things (IoT) for economic advantage in New Zealand, mainly because of the contribution that agriculture already makes to the Kiwi economy.
02 July 2017
Cities will become safer and more desirable to live in when the internet of things (IoT) takes hold a research study report says.
02 July 2017
An historic and landmark national research study estimates the roll out of IoT (internet of things) is likely to produce a benefit for the New Zealand economy of billions of dollars. The study found that just across a mere nine common IoT applications the potential net benefit over 10 years could be $2.2 billion in …
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It is predicted that within three years 100 percent of all effective IoT efforts will be supported by cognitive or artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities, a landmark New Zealand IoT Alliance study says.
29 June 2017
New Zealand is well positioned for the Internet of Things (IoT), such as fast fibre, however a national tech leader urged for the country to do better.
18 June 2017
